Mary Caffrey is the Executive Editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). She joined AJMC® in 2013 and is the primary staff editor for Evidence-Based Oncology, the multistakeholder publication that reaches 22,000+ oncology providers, policy makers and formulary decision makers. She is also part of the team that oversees speaker recruitment and panel preparations for AJMC®'s premier annual oncology meeting, Patient-Centered Oncology Care®. For more than a decade, Mary has covered ASCO, ASH, ACC and other leading scientific meetings for AJMC readers.
Mary has a BA in communications and philosophy from Loyola University New Orleans. You can connect with Mary on LinkedIn.
GAO Highlights Challenges for Small, Rural Practices in Shifting to Value-Based Care
December 9th 2016The report confirms what CMS made clear in the final rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: many small and rural providers were not ready for a shift away from fee-for-service.
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Many Low-Income Parents Could Lose Medicaid in ACA Repeal, Analysis Finds
December 8th 2016The report finds that if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, many who stand to lose are low-income parents who gained coverage under reforms that extended healthcare to families and raised eligibility to 138% of the federal poverty level.
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Hospital Association Lists Agenda for Trump, Including Retaining Patient Access to Care
December 5th 2016The group that represents 5000 hospitals outlined a policy agenda that calls for regulatory reform but also seeks some certainty that patients who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act will be able to retain it in the future.
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Nursing Home Medication Errors Are Common, but Impact Is Low, Study Finds
November 21st 2016The authors leave open the possibility that current reporting systems are not catching the impact of all medication errors. A different study earlier this year found that medical errors, including those that involve medication, caused so many deaths that the CDC should change its reporting methods to account for them.
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